Cook with Wasantha

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
4 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 10 guests
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Language
English
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Join "Cook with Wasantha" for a culinary journey through traditional flavors. Shop for exotic ingredients at a local market, then learn to prepare five authentic dishes with expert guidance.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

with the help of Wasantha, you will discover the unique flavors of local cooking while learning about traditional ways of life. as part of this class you will visit a local market, choose exotic ingredients and learn to cook 5 typical dishes

Sample Menu

MAIN
Rice and curry
rice with four different vegetables of your choice and fish or chicken curry

What You Get

Private transportation
Lunch

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Service animals allowed
  • Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Hello! I’m wasantha, you will meet me at my restaurant where you will be greeted with a hot cup of ginger tea, and from there we will take a tuk tuk ride to explore the Dutch market and learn the history of the market, there you will be explained about the vegetables, the health benefits and how to choose them fresh, we will visit to the fish market and buy our fish fresh, then we ride back to the the kitchen where you will learn how to cook traditional sri lankan curries. at the kitchen you will learn how the spices are made, how to perfect the rice, how to make your own coconut milk, and how to make five different curries, at the end of the class you will be also learning how to eat like a true sri lankan using your fingers, and there will be your own personal buffet where you'll get to eat as much as you like with the curries that you just learnt to make Thank you, Wasantha

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Wasantha's Sri Lanka Cuisine, Yaddehimulla Road, Galle Southern Province, Sri Lanka, LK

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we are located on the way to the jungle beach, just below villa thawthisa, if any confusions finding our place please contact the given number (Whatsapp) Sam's place unawatuna 0094772886761
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Our best experience in Sri Lanka!
June 11, 2025
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What an amazing and fantastic value experience! Started with a trip with Wasantha's immensely knowledgeable and entertaining husband Sam, who took us to Galle to get our ingredients. Then back to...read more

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Excellent cooking class
May 28, 2025
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Well organised, very information about foods and cooking methods. Sam took us to buy vegetables and fish at the locally market. Sasa explained very thoroughly spices, cooking of rice, making of coc...read more

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Brilliant!
May 27, 2025
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This was a great experience to do! Sam takes you to the local markets to choose the meat and veg you would like to include in your dishes. You then learn how to cook 4-5 different dishes and help ...read more

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Cocking and more - if you want
May 08, 2025
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highly inspiring lesson of life. If you want just to learn the sri lankan way of cocking you will not be disappointed. Wasantha and her family and team is a jewel. If you however are prepared to go...read more

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Amazing Experience
May 02, 2025
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It was a wonderful beautiful experience. The family atmosphere was indescribably beautiful. The passion for cooking from Wasantha jumped immediately to us and we eagerly listened to their stories, ...read more

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